Jefferson High vs. Grant High boys basketball game at Grant. Jefferson High forward #1 Terrence Jones muscles his way between Grant High #33 Daunte Paschal and #1 Kenneth Acker to dunk and score. Doug Beghtel/The Oregonian

Max, a Begian Malinois with the Eugene Police Department, shows some athleticism at a training station at Pleasant Valley Golf Course Monday afternoon. The exercise involved a "suspect" in a bite suit in a car with an open window. On the command, the dog goes and gives the suspect incentive to come out of the car. Over 170 people and...

Martin Wolf, Beaverton, installs a new mural inside the entry and lobby area of the Multnomah Arts Center in Multnomah Village Tuesday. The mural is over 1,000 square feet in size and was painted on canvas which is then hung similar to wallpaper. Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian

Jeff Baecker stands near one of his favorite fishing holes in the middle of The Columbia River near The Dalles. "It's almost like heaven here,'' says Baecker who fishes almost everyday when he is not working as a tugboat captain.. He was captain of the tugboat Invader, which rescued the sternwheeler Portland June 27, 2008, after the Sternwheeler lost its...

Model of Christina (Chrissy) Steltz's damaged face created from scans made at the time of her accidental injury when she was shot by a 12-guage shotgun in 1999. Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/Staff Photographer

Christina (Chrissy) Steltz, of Southeast Portland pictured in 1999, when she was 16. Soon after this picture, Steltz was severely injured by an accidental shotgun blast that blinded her and destroyed much of her face. At the time, doctors used skin and bone grafts to close the wounds, but she hopes to get reconstructive surgery in 2008-09 to rebuild her...

Dr. Eric Dierks will operate on Christine (Chrissy) Steltz during a scheduled 6-hour surgery Wednesday at Legacy Emanual Hospital to prepare her damaged face for a prosthesis to be created later. Steltz had much of her face blown off by a close-range shotgun blast more than 10 years ago. During the operation, Dierks will reposition bone placed in a previous...

Christina (Chrissy) Steltz checks an outfit for her young son, Geoffrey Jr. In 1999, Steltz had much of her face blown away in an accidental shooting. Now she's going in for surgery again to begin a process that will end with her getting a prosthetic face. Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/Staff Photographer

Christina (Chrissy) Steltz holds her young son, Geoffrey Jr., in her Milwaukie home. On the couch above them is Xochi, one of her two cats. In 1999, Steltz had much of her face blown away in an accidental shooting. Now she's going in for surgery again to begin a process that will end with her getting a prosthetic face. Photo...

Christina (Chrissy) Steltz, of Southeast Portland, pictured in 1999, when she was 16. Soon after this picture, Steltz was severely injured by an accidental shotgun blast that blinded her and destroyed much of her face. At the time, doctors used skin and bone grafts to close the wounds, but she hopes to get reconstructive surgery to rebuild her nose and...